Temescal Valley Elementary

Temescal Valley Elementary is a sprawling elementary school in Corona, California, part of Corona-Norco Unified. The school works with 832 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 79% larger than typical.

Corona-Norco Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 49,370 students; Temescal Valley Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Temescal Valley Elementary logs that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 14% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

After controlling for student poverty, Temescal Valley Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.1%; Temescal Valley Elementary posts 69.7%, +28.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Temescal Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Bernice Jameson Todd Elementary, around 2.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Temescal Valley Elementary. On composite proficiency, Temescal Valley Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

Temescal Valley Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 926 students in 2018 compared to 832 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 37% to 31% over that span.

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